Handle for cans.



D. B. TAMAGNO.

HANDLE FOR CANS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 19. 1913.

1,168,345. Patented Jan; 18, 1916.

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DANIEL B. TAMAGNO, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO LYDIE TAMAGNO, OF NEWYORK, N. Y.

HANDLE FOR CANS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 18, 1916.

Application filed February 19, 1913. Serial No. 749,352.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DANIEL B. TAMAGNO, acitizen of the United States of America, residing in the borough ofManhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certainnew and useful Improved Handle for Cans, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to means for carrying cans and comprises a novelform of swinging depressible handle adapted particularly for cans, suchas those containing oil, alcohol, varnish, etc, and to be set in adepression formed in'the top of the can entirely within the outersurface thereof.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure l is a plan view; Fig. 2, a sectionon the line A, B of Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a section on the line C, D of Fig.l; and Fig. 4, a section showing a modification.

On the top 1 of a can is formed a relatively shallow imperforatedepression 2, at one side of which is soldered a strip 3 having anupthrown circular bearing 4: that serves as a hinge bearing forthebail-like handle 5 consisting merely of a length of wire bent intothe form of a parallelogram. Upon the free side of this parallelogram isloosely fitted a hand piece 6 composed of sheet tin bent into form. Theparticular form illustrated is one in which the hand piece is somewhatof convex formation on one side and somewhat concave on the other.

In Figs. 1, 2 and 8, the bearing strip 3 in which the wire handle swingsis shown as a flat tin plate soldered to the bottom of the recessadjacent one wall: whereas in Fig. 4 the piece shown is a piece of sheettin soldered to the side wall of the depression and to the bottomthereof. The circular bearing in which the wire handle swings in thelatter figure is therefore in the corner of the depression. On theopposite side of the depression 2 adjacent the wall thereof and underthe hand piece 6 is a small elongated concave depression 7. The handpiece is shown with its concave face uppermost. WVhen it is desired toraise the handle, the upturned edge of the hand piece affords a means bywhich it may readily be grasped and turned to elevated position asindicated in Fig. 2. If, however, the convex face of the handle piece beuppermost, pressure of the finger tips upon the edge thereof and intothe shallow supplementary depression 7, around the curved bottom ofwhich the fingers would travel causes the hand piece to turn and thefingers naturally pass under it with the hand in position and the convexface downwardly as in Fig. 2. The same thing is true when the concaveface of the hand piece is uppermost, except then, if the hand is notshifted, the concave face of the hand piece will be next to the hand ofthe user.

I claim:

1. A can carrying means comprising an imperforate depression in the wallof the can, a rectangular handle having a hinge bearing at one side ofthe depression and a hand piece turning loosely on the other side of thehandle, whereby the handle may be elevated from the bottom of thedepression.

2. A can carrying means comprising a depression in the top of the canand a supplementary depression in the bottom thereof at one side, arectangular handle having a hinge connection at one side of thesupplementary recess and a swiveling hand piece turning upon the otherside of the handle and overlying said supplementary depress1on.

3. A can carrying means comprising an imperforate depression in the topof the can, a rectangular handle, a bearing strip embracing one side ofthe handle and secured to one side of the depression whereby the handlemay be swung in the depression, and aswiveling hand piece turningloosely on the other side of the handle and adapted to act on the bottomof the depression when turned on the handle to raise the handle out ofthe depression.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

DANIEL B. TAMAGNO.

Witnesses M. L. SMITH, H. on Mom.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. O.

